Re:dovetail cutting

At 03:04 AM 3/5/2001, you wrote:

>I have been cutting at 160 rpm's and a feed of .002 per rev but I
>snapped the cutter ,boy $59.00 down the drain and I have 15 more cuts
>to do..

Were you cutting into solid material or undercutting in an existing
groove?? I think that you first need to remove the central portion of the
dovetail slot with a straight sided cutter of the proper diameter
Regards,
Bradford Chaucer
bradford.chaucer@...